Birbies!

Here's the post the got preempted by the last post: Reed's new favorite word and animal is "birbies"... or as you might call them, birdies. Or perhaps you're not the parent of a toddler, in which case, you'd probably call them birds (you probably sleep under blankets, not blankies too! :-) ) Anyway, whenever Reed sees a bird, he exclaims over and over, "Birbies, birbies, birbies!" We even have a book which guest stars some birds at the end. Whenever Gerry gets to the part of the story with the birds, it becomes difficult to hear him over Reed talking excitedly about the birbies. Birbies is also the only word that I can consistently get Reed to say on the phone, such is his love for birbies. We took the family to a picnic hosted by one of Gerry's coworkers who happens to keeps chickens. Reed spent a good part of the evening by the chicken coop, just watching the chickens; he didn't even care when one pecked his finger. I think when it comes right down to it, Reed just loves animals. Takes after his momma that way!!

This pic has nothing to do with birbies, but it's another one from our recent photography session with Kathryn, and as I went through the pictures with my parents last night, I remembered how much I love it!